Lagrangians and Newtonian analogues for Biological Systems
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| author | Paliathanasis, Andronikos Duffy, Kevin |
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| contents | This study investigates the potential for biological systems to be governed by a variational principle, suggesting that such systems may evolve to minimize or optimize specific quantities. To explore this idea, we focus on identifying Lagrange functions that can effectively model the dynamics of selected population systems. These functions provide a deeper understanding of population evolution by framing their behavior in terms of energy-like variables. We present an algorithm for generating Lagrangian functions applicable to a family of population dynamics models and demonstrate the equivalence between two-dimensional population models and a one-dimensional Newtonian mechanical analog. Furthermore, we explore the existence of conservation laws for these models, utilizing Noether's theorems to investigate their implications. |
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| spellingShingle | Lagrangians and Newtonian analogues for Biological Systems Paliathanasis, Andronikos Duffy, Kevin Populations and Evolution This study investigates the potential for biological systems to be governed by a variational principle, suggesting that such systems may evolve to minimize or optimize specific quantities. To explore this idea, we focus on identifying Lagrange functions that can effectively model the dynamics of selected population systems. These functions provide a deeper understanding of population evolution by framing their behavior in terms of energy-like variables. We present an algorithm for generating Lagrangian functions applicable to a family of population dynamics models and demonstrate the equivalence between two-dimensional population models and a one-dimensional Newtonian mechanical analog. Furthermore, we explore the existence of conservation laws for these models, utilizing Noether's theorems to investigate their implications. |
| title | Lagrangians and Newtonian analogues for Biological Systems |
| topic | Populations and Evolution |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18494 |